AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i9-10900K

AMD

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Overall performance index

44,8

Rank 27 of 27 CPUs tested

Faster

Intel

Intel Core i9-10900K

Overall performance index

54,9

Rank 26 of 27 CPUs tested

MSRP US$537

Intel Core i9-10900K is 18,3% faster on average

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Intel Core i9-10900K

Individual tests: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X wins 0, Intel Core i9-10900K wins 28 (28 shared tests)

Performance by discipline

Gaming (720p) +23,1 % 194,3fps 252,7fps Multi-thread +15,2 % 63,9points 75,3points Single-thread +16,3 % 80,0points 95,7points

Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Intel Core i9-10900K Other tested CPUs Click a row to open the chart with every CPU tested; hover shows the gap in %.

Gaming (720p) – all CPUs tested

Intel Core i9-10900K +30,0 %

Individual results (10 tests)

VR Mark Orange Room 12.338 points 14.728 points +19,4 %

VR Mark Blue Room 6.360 points 6.399 points +0,6 %

Unigine Superposition 1.1 720p Low Punkte 29.124 points 37.169 points +27,6 %

Unigine Superposition720p, Low,FPS 217,8 fps 278,0 fps +27,6 %

Shadow of the Tomb RaiderLite, 720p 158,0 fps 211,0 fps +33,5 %

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark720p, Low 19.026 points 20.310 points +6,7 %

Resident Evil VILLAGE720p, Lite, DX12 217,5 fps 274,8 fps +26,3 %

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition720p, Low, Moscow 184,0 fps 247,0 fps +34,2 %

Fortnite720p, Low 258,4 fps 399,6 fps +54,6 %

Counter-Strike 2 303,4 fps 363,3 fps +19,7 %

Multi-thread – all CPUs tested

Intel Core i9-10900K +17,9 %

Individual results (15 tests)

7-ZipMIPS) 32 MB 77.631 MIPS 87.950 MIPS +13,3 %

Corona 1.3lower is better 110,0 s 75,0 s +46,7 %

HandBrake4GB Video-> HQ1080P30fpslower is better 1.407 s 1.215 s +15,8 %

WinRAR 6.0164-Bit-Version 17.566 KB/s 32.163 KB/s +83,1 %

Cinebench R15 Multi-Core 2.079 points 2.627 points +26,4 %

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core 4.699 points 6.306 points +34,2 %

3D Mark Time Spy ExtremeCPU 4.553 points 6.612 points +45,2 %

3D Mark Time SpyCPU 10.218 points 13.707 points +34,1 %

3DMark CPU BenchmarkMax Threads 6.010 points 9.099 points +51,4 %

3DMark CPU Benchmark16 Threads 6.032 points 7.956 points +31,9 %

3DMark CPU Benchmark8 Threads 3.804 points 4.491 points +18,1 %

3DMark CPU Benchmark4 Threads 2.443 points 2.752 points +12,6 %

3DMark CPU Benchmark2 Threads 1.322 points 1.745 points +32,0 %

Geekbench 5.5.1 CPUMulti-Thread 9.012 points 10.790 points +19,7 %

POV-Ray v3.7Multi-Thread 4.200 px/s 5.426 px/s +29,2 %

Single-thread – all CPUs tested

Intel Core i9-10900K +19,5 %

Individual results (3 tests)

3DMark CPU Benchmark1 Thread 701,0 points 898,0 points +28,1 %

Geekbench 5.5.1 CPUSingle-Thread 1.240 points 1.425 points +14,9 %

POV-Ray v3.7Single-Thread 460,0 px/s 547,0 px/s +18,9 %

Price / performance

Each dot is a CPU we tested – the further top-left, the more performance per euro.

Specifications

Key details

	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	Intel Core i9-10900K
Codename	Matisse	Comet Lake
Series	Ryzen 3000	Core 10000
Release	July 7, 2019	Q2 2020
Launch MSRP	n/a	US$537
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	Yes

Cores, clocks and cache

	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	Intel Core i9-10900K
Cores / threads	8	10
Threads	16	20
Base clock	3.6 GHz	3.7 GHz
Max boost clock	4.4 GHz	5.3 GHz
L2 cache	4 MB	n/a
L3 cache	32 MB	20 MB

Power and manufacturing

	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	Intel Core i9-10900K
TDP / base power	65 W	125 W
Process	TSMC 7nm FinFET	14 nm
Max temperature (Tjmax)	95 °C	100 °C

Platform and connectivity

	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	Intel Core i9-10900K
Socket	AM4	LGA1200
Memory	DDR4, up to 3200 MT/s	DDR4-2933
Memory channels	2	2
PCI Express	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 3.0
PCIe lanes	n/a	16
Integrated graphics	None (graphics card required)	Intel UHD Graphics 630

Our measurements

	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	Intel Core i9-10900K
System power idle	82 W	59 W
System power load	177 W	209 W
CPU package idle	20.5 W	11 W
CPU package load	88 W	139 W
Temperature idle	38 °C	30 °C
Temperature load	64 °C	58 °C
Highest measured clock	4399 MHz	5289 MHz
Avg clock in games	4267 MHz	4829 MHz

Test system

	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	Intel Core i9-10900K
BIOS	ComboAM5 PI 1.2.0.0a Patch A ( Beta )	n/a
Operating system	Windows 11 21H2	Windows 11 21H2
Settings	tridentz referenz 3600	DDR4 4200

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